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Some potential drawbacks to using a SLAT are as follows: Gifts made to a SLAT are final and cannot be undone. If the beneficiary spouse dies before the trustmaker spouse, the trustmaker spouse loses all access to the money and property gifted to the SLAT. This would also be the case if the couple were to divorce.

A dynasty trust is a type of irrevocable trust. Grantors can set strict (or lax) rules for how the money will be managed and distributed to beneficiaries. But once the trust is funded, the grantor will not have any control over the assets or be permitted to amend the trust's terms.

The SLAT could also be structured as a dynasty trust that would avoid federal estate and generations skipping transfer taxes for multiple generations.

Inflexible Arrangement. A trust that has a fixed duration makes it easy to adjust terms to reflect changing conditions. That is not the case with a dynasty trust because since a dynasty trust is perpetual, adapting to one or more unpredictable events in the future is not an option.

Some defendants choose to represent themselves because they have lost confidence in defense lawyers following a previous negative experience, although this may not have been the lawyer's fault. Other defendants distrust the system and feel that going outside it makes a statement of resistance.

SRLs. People who represent themselves in court without a lawyer are called self-represented litigants (SRLs), also sometimes called pro se litigants (pro se means "for oneself" in Latin). People choose to represent themselves for many reasons. Often it is because they can't pay for an attorney.